Classical Music Playlist, October 27, 2025
Franz Schubert by Hadi Karimi | CC-BY-SA 4.0 | https://hadikarimi.com/cc-by-sa
Nicknamed the “Rosamunde Quartet” for the theme that opens the 2nd movement which Franz Schubert borrowed from his own incidental music for the play “Rosamunde,” Schubert’s String Quartet No. 13 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 "The Lyre" (La Cetra) in C minor Opus 9 RV 198
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Simon Standage, violin
6:10 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 19
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:36 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
6:41 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Cello Concerto No. 9 in Bb major G 482
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
7:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
7:08 a.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:44 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita": I. Largo - Allegro Molto in Bb major K 361 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
8:44 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
8:51 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Symphony No. 3 "Ilya Muromets": III. At the Court of Vladimir the Mighty Sun in B minor Opus 42
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Concierto del Sur: III. Allegro moderato e festivo
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
9:42 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto in F major S 235
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Allegro appassionato in Bb major Opus 83
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano
10:09 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" (The Storm at Sea) in F major Opus 10 RV 433
Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini, recorder
10:16 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments" Opus 16
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
10:50 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
The Rembrandt Trio
11:31 a.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
11:37 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 4 "Stockholm" (Holmia): I. Allegro moderato in A major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40: I. Molto Allegro in G minor K 550
Bremen German Chamber Philharmonic; Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
12:26 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
12:32 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
12:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:07 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Opus 37
Claremont Trio Jonathan Cohler, clarinet; James Sommerville, horn; Mai Motobuchi, viola
1:38 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 16 in Ab major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
1:47 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 13 "Rosamunde" in A minor Opus 29 D 804
Emerson String Quartet
2:33 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro in F major Opus 102
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
2:42 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in G minor RV 157
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Cesare Bendinelli
Sonata No. 336 transcribed for 8 trumpets and timpani
The Wallace Collection; John Wallace, conductor
3:19 p.m.
Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary "Prince of Denmark's March"
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
3:23 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
3:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
4:22 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Platee: Suite
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
4:44 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Daniil Trifonov, piano
4:49 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 11
Nash Ensemble
5:40 p.m.
Alfredo Catalani
Ero e Leandro (Hero and Leander) - Symphonic Poem
Rome Symphony Orchestra; Francesco La Vecchia, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 70 in D major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
6:17 p.m.
William Grant Still
Suite for Violin and Piano
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
6:32 p.m.
Chris Brubeck
Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Maryland Symphony Orchestra; Elisabeth Schulze, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:49 p.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
6:55 p.m.
Malcolm Forsyth
Golyardes' Grounde
Canadian Brass
